The anti-GOAL
I heard about it recently and thought it an interesting concept. What does it mean? We always have been told to have goals and try to strive to reach them. Pursue new ones after and keep them within the realm…
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Hybrid Teaching
Heat My alarm goes off and I quickly turn over in the king size bed I’m sleeping on to reach the bedside table with my cell phone on it. It’s still dark – 5am to be exact. I got 30min…
MENspedition
“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” Dr. Seuss It refers to a guy’s weekend my friends and I go on, a couple times a year.…
Replay – Can I get another chance?
Many of us wish we could get a do-over! That we could replay that night, that performance, that date, that trip, that relationship. When our youth passes us, we wish we could have it back, once more or….forever. If we…
What I know for sure
I got this post idea after listening to a review of Oprah Winfrey’s book with the same title. It seems that this simple sentence carries a lot of weight and can even help us as a guide for our future…
What’s your value system?
it stands to reason that we can all define value differently depending on not just our culture but our status in society and probably age and gender as well. Those are the big ones anyway. So that begs the question - What's yours?
My attention
is precious and I have a certain amount of it per day. There are certain things that require my attention and there are others who pay for it. Then there are those choices I make on what or who to…
What is progress?
When you’re learning a language and you don’t have a teacher or tutor and you’re attempting this solo, how do you know if you’re making any progress? Well, I’ve been asking myself that question for the past 12 months and…
Who is responsible?
Our actions always have consequences. We are free, and we have freedom, but when we exercise that freedom there are consequences. Who will bear the responsibility of those consequences? The answer is obvious but elusive. Probably because most of us…
Polish grammar blues
So I’ve been diving deep into another exercise/workbook and now I am on my third one and the final level. I suppose it is about intermediate level Right now I am on comparative/superlative structures and prepositions. For those unfamiliar with…
3 chances and 3 failures
This past week I had three evenings of social meetings with Polish friends and neighbors. Three opportunities to practice my Polish speaking skills Numerous individuals Ample time A wide range of topics. What could any language student ask for? (sound…
Running on fumes learning Polish
I finished the exercise book I have spent months on the index cards and doing recall I’ve done grammar I’ve studied I’ve read I’ve listened I’ve matched, filled out and conjugated. bleh What’s next? The Second winter is coming –…
My exercise book escape
I’ve gotten it recently and I’m working through the units like a freight train steaming on. Nothing is stopping this Polish-learning machine from chugging along. This thing has grammar, vocabulary, reading, listening. This thing has got tables, sentences with missing…
Index cards are everywhere
So it’s been many months since I’ve written an update on my progress and efforts. I can confirm that it wasn’t because I stopped moving forward and pushing to learn Polish. Quite the contrary, I’ve been working at the same…
Listening my way out of trouble
So I’ve been listening to short podcasts with a tapescript to help. This hasn’t had the magical affects I’d been hoping for. However, it has highlighted a weakness in my Polish that I had ignored for too long, so that’s…